Club de Madrid Members Kok and Lagumdzija advocate for inclusive societies in London and Oxford

5 March, 2018

Zlatko Lagumdzija- former PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina – spoke atan event with the New Economics Foundation, and later on, along Wim Kok – former PM of The Netherlands – visited Westminster to advocate for the SDGs at the House of Lords

 

Club de Madrid Members will discuss Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration at the World Bank Fragility Forum and at the United Nations

1 March, 2018

The mission will disseminate the key findings of our Shared Societies Project at fora seeking to contribute to the Global Compact for Migration. We will take advantage of the optimum opportunity to engage with processes being undertaken by the Global Community.

Populism, political mistrust and misinformation in the digital era, main topics of the NGD America Round Table in San Francisco

27 February, 2018

Club de Madrid Members Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien and Jorge Quiroga led the discussions in the thought-provoking NGD America roundtable, organized in San Francisco (25-26 February) in partnership with Newco and the support of the Alan B. Slifka Foundation.

 

Is democracy in peril? Five CdM members to address North America Democracy in San Francisco

23 February, 2018

The Club de Madrid delegation will participate in two events, to be held in San Francisco, focused on the state of democracy: the Next Generation Democracy North America Roundtable (25, 26 February) and the Newco Shift Forum (26).

 

 

 

 

Zapatero: “Cape Verde can lead the revolution for women’s rights in Africa”

22 February, 2018

Former Spanish PM and CdM member, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, travelled to Cape Verde to support the inclusion of female domestic workers in the formal economy as part of the EU project INSPIRED+.

Leonel Fernández: “Democracy is the only universal guarantee of human dignity and fundamental rights”

19 February, 2018

In the interview, Mr. Fernández makes an assessment of recent events which affected democratic development in his region, Latin America.

Former Spanish PM to lead Cape Verde mission to promote the rights of domestic workers

19 February, 2018

Its main goal is to promote the labour rights of women who work in the domestic service, making it a topic of public debate.

In memoriam: Ruud Lubbers, a life committed to public service

15 February, 2018

Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands, Ruud Lubbers, has passed away at the age of 78. He was the longest serving PM in his country, where he led three different governments

A tribute to Asma Jahangir, a champion for the disenfranchised

12 February, 2018

The prominent human rights defender died at the age of 66. Now we are saddened, but tomorrow, and always, will be inspired by her example.

Vaira Vike-Freiberga delivers inspiring speech focusing on the dangers of a changing society to Arizona State University students

31 January, 2018

In an all-encompassing lecture, Vike-Freiberga offered practical advice and encouraged young millennials to get involved in politics and societal affairs through a domestic or global lens.

Seventeen Club de Madrid Members meet Xi Jinping in Beijing

20 December, 2017

A delegation of seventeen Members of Club de Madrid met with the President of China on the 30th of November in Beijing. The almost two hours long conversation focused on how to strengthen a new global governance system and China’s perspective. This meeting was the final act of the Imperial Springs International Forum, held in Guangzhou 28-29 November.

Club de Madrid discusses the current global system and governance at the Imperial Springs Forum in China

23 November, 2017

The discussion, to be held from the 29th-30th November in Guangdong, China, will focus on the challenges of multilateralism and the China’s perspective, and it will address issues of peace and security, trade and finance and environmental sustainability.

Club de Madrid & Breathrough Media partners with the EU to improve counter-narrative responses

13 November, 2017

Former Prime Minister of Tunisia and Club de Madrid Member, Hamadi Jebali, and Joëlle Milquet, Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission on victims of Terrorism and former Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, will address the meeting, to be held in the Brussels Press Club Europe next Wednesday, 15th of November.

“Europe must think more seriously about its own investment and defence capability”, says Vike-Freiberga

10 November, 2017

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, president of Club de Madrid and former President of Latvia, was a speaker at the Warsaw Security Forum hold in November 8-9 in Poland.

Cardoso, González, Sanguinetti and Lagos, participants of the XVIII Foro Iberoamérica which starts today in Buenos Aires

3 November, 2017

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil and the first world leader who presided CdM, will give the opening speech of the Forum. At the opening, the Secretary General of the OEA, Luis Almagro, will also speak. The event convenes every year former heads of State, intellectuals, business people and leaders from the region.

“Women are natural leaders”, says President Banda during a visit to New York University

2 October, 2017

On Friday September 22, President Joyce Banda (Malawi 2012-2013) participated in the closing session of the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy held at New York University, NY. She focused her speech on education, health and domestic violence.